THE HEIRESS

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THE HEIRESSTABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Artistically Speaking

7 From the Executive Producer

8 Usher Recognition

10 Dramaturg's Note

13 Title Page

15 Setting / Cast

17 For this Production

19 Bios — Cast

20 Bios — Creative Team

23 Arena Stage Leadership

24 Board of Trustees / Theatre Forward

25 Full Circle Society

26 Thank You — The Annual Fund

29 Thank You — Institutional Donors

30 Theater Staff

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The Heiress is a play I have wanted to produce at Arena Stage for a long time. The timing had to be right and it had to be the right director. This is a classic American play, based on a classic American novella: Henry James’ Washington Square, which is also the subject of several films. This is a play for Arena Stage audiences who are lovers of the classics.

Why this play now? At its core, this is the story of a woman struggling with defining herself through others — a father, a husband. While defining oneself through other people may

be a story predominantly told by women, certainly it’s a universal idea that we are not only who our parents or partners want us to be — we are individuals and our thoughts, needs, desires are our own. It can be a challenge to feel empowered.

In this time of #MeToo and the most women in Congress ever, isn’t it fascinating to see a story from the middle of the 19th century that is still painfully relevant in the 21st century?

This story definitely still speaks to us as a country and as individuals blazing our path forward. Think about other feminist plays and playwrights from the early 20th century — Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler. Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell. Although a classic, this remains a story for our time.

There could be no better director for this play than Seema Sueko. Seema is an intuitive and insightful person and she is the right director to bring a strong focus to the contemporary impact of the persona of Catherine Sloper.

The creative team is impressive — and as I’m sure you noticed — all women. Here we are in the round, in the theater named for Zelda Fichandler, a story about a woman blossoming into herself, created by all women, in 2019 — the glass ceiling has a big ‘ole crack, and maybe even a window.

I can feel the breeze.

Molly Smith Artistic Director

ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING

2018/19 SEASON 7

FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERThinking about The Heiress and what remains from our presence after we leave the planet has me thinking about legacy and Arena Stage’s place in both American theater and Washington, D.C. history. How does the community recognize organizations that leave a legacy within their neighborhood or city?

The word “legacy” these days may have a white-male connotation since our nation, as a people, are doing a better job of recognizing where different cultures and genders have previously been ignored. I know going back to word definitions may seem

academic, but words have meaning. I was interested to find that the definitions of “legacy” are mostly practical; a gift left by will, something transmitted or received from an ancestor or predecessor, a candidate given special consideration because of a previous relationship, or relating to or from an earlier technology.

The impact of organizations like Arena that pass from generation to generation may not, as in the case with the heiress of this story, be measured in dollars. Often it can be seen through the lens of public — not private — “treasure.” If public, then it must be husbanded by our elected leaders, public servants or trustees.

Once upon a time, an enlightened senator from Alaska championed a legacy for Washington, D.C. arts organizations, recognizing that Washington, D.C. has no state government to support its valuable private not-for-profit institutions. (A coincidence that Senator Ted Stevens hailed from Molly Smith’s home state!) Being included within the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, funded through an appropriation passed by Congress, requires meeting specific criteria such as budget size, longevity, and performances in the District of Columbia. This support is not intended to duplicate federal support from other avenues (i.e. The Smithsonian), but rather provide “legacy” institutions with general operating support so that they can continue for future generations.

Governmental support of all kinds has been under fire for decades now in many cities and states, however this type of support for specifically District of Columbia programs is particularly vulnerable. As citizens, we all value what our tax dollars go toward, and I wager that we all are most proud when we realize the extent to which our contribution to our government makes critical services like police, fire, and rescue available, as well as public parks, libraries, and protected green space. Equal in my mind to these critical services are the arts — where we can share our stories of humanity, learn, debate, sing, dance, commiserate, inspire, conspire, and so much more.

We all have an impact to make, big and small. Most of us aim high. Your presence here today helps Arena Stage protect an “inheritance” that endures in this fine piece of playwrighting interpreted anew in the graceful hands of our deeply talented deputy artistic director Seema Sueko.

Edgar Dobie Executive Producer President of the Corporation

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USHER RECOGNITION

Anonymous (16)Lyn AbramsLaurie Alban HavensHugh and Julie AllenMarilena Amoni and Don RyanDeanna AndersonAlexis KursteinerThomas and Aldene AultLyndsay AustinEddie BakerElfreda BaptistTerry BarberCarol BartlettDavid and Janet BatlanWanda BeasleyRoslyn BeitlerRuth BennettCheryl BentonDava BerkmanAnn S. BermanPeter and Ellen BertyCraig and Sherry BeyersMathilde and Martin BienstockEdward L. Blanton and E. Russell LynnJaroslava BloombergJudy G. BlumenthalVirgil and Dianne BodeenGary and Susan BonnettLinda L BostickYvette BowserEthel and Alan BrandtSteven and Sandra BrodyDiane J. BrownMarjorie BrownMs. Blanche BruceKalyn BruinCynthia BuntonRichard and Carole Burk

Susan and Mike BurkAvery BurnsMary BusseAnne BuzalskiKaren M. CanadaWilliam and Kathleen CareyEd CatoOretha ChandlerMs. Frances Chevarley and Mr. Ted TateJoy and Jerry ChoppinJoan Bennett ClancyNancie S. CoanRebecca CofmanMary Beth CollinsOtis CollinsKathleen ConleyRobert and Gwendolyn CooleyDonna Copeland and Terry JohnsonJoan CountrymanCornelius and Katherine DaviesCarol DawsonKathryn DeAngelisYumiko DeCarliMr. and Mrs. Michael DeNardoCarolyn and David DeVilbissJohn H. DickMs. Clare R. DonelanTrudy DownsDr. and Mrs. Elliott DubinPatricia Dubroof and Jerry StezarMr. and Mrs. DunhemHarriett DwinellAdela EannarinoStanley and Val FagenMaryann FairCarol FaulbGeraldine Feaster and Calvin Bethea*Frances and Edward Feiner

Dan Felger and Jean HerzJudie and Les Fien-HelfmanKathleen FitzgeraldBeverly FlemingLynne Folts and Elliot GershRichard and Kim FreedmanThe Samuel Freedman TrustMr. and Ms. Christopher and Jane FreitasBob FugateBob and June GallagherMia and Keith GardinerAnnie and Theodis RobertsonLinda GehrFrank and Marlene GillespieJane Glickman and Charles SacksMark and Ellen GoldbergLeon and Maryn GoodsonSheryl GorsuchArnold and Shoshana GreenlandKathleen and Vincent GuerrieriLoren and Phyllis HaagWilbur HaddenRay and Ann HannapelWilliam Harkins and Margaret McKelveyToba and Tony HausnerRuth HermanJames and Jean HochronCarole Hoeveler-BullockRuth HolderSallie L. HolderNancy HonemondJoyce HowlandFrances HudsonSusan HuncharGlen and Leanna HuttonPatricia Jackman and Stephen L JohnSarah JacksonSmyrna N. Jackson

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USHER RECOGNITIONDion Johnson and Lyn ScottNancy JorgensonAndi KasarskyBenjamin KatcoffGale KaufmannMiriam and Edward KeltyJudy and Steve KerbelJacob and Carol KlevanRenee KlishNina KoenickGary and Niki KohnBarbara and Barry KorbRobin LeeThelma K. LeenhoutsDavid and Beatrice LeibsonAndrew J. LeightonJean D. LemasurierMartin LessKen Cantor and Carol LiteMurray and Gloria LoewShirley LooRon and Marilyn LundquistRobert and Caroline LykeJames LytleBob MackeHelen Madigan-SedorRussell* and Lorri MisheloffHon. John E. MansfieldRon and Ann MarlowCarol MarshJane MarshallMonica Maxwell and Ilmar PaegleGerry Maxwell-JonesJan McCarthyJohn McDonnell and Patricia McDonnellC.G. McGannTom and Terry MeloMaureen MelvillePat and Dick MessalleRichard and Janet MeyersLisa MillerCarol M. MillmanMartha Jean MillsapsSandy and Chuck MitchellDaniel and Nancy MooreLouvenia W. MoreheadBob and Wendy MorrisClaudia MorrisRhonda Goodman and Dorothy Moskowitz

Jeannette MurphyKathryn MurphyRenee Trent and Webb NaasJessie and Samuel NapolitanoHedy Nash and John WetterauJeremy Novak and Elaine MattaireHamda O'BrienJane H. OlmsteadRichard and Carol OsborneElsie PageEllen ParkerE. Lee PattonMike and Liane PaulsonRenate G. PawlikMichael Perel and Jeanne KadetMr. Daniel T. Piekarski and Mr. Ivin WayDerek C. Pitts*Dr. Gwendolyn W. PlaAmy WeinsteinJames McCord and Regan QuinnAllan R. Rein and Sara SukumarCatherine RemijanMaria Farese RendineNancy RenfrowRichard and Connie RichardsJoan RinebergShari RitterMarsha Goldberg and Sandy RobeckGay and Woody RogersJune and Marvin RogulSara and Paul RohdeCarolyn R. RomerMyra Wendel RoneyGareth RosenauRosalind RosenbergGene and Shirley RosenfeldCarol and Richard RothAnthony Rounds and Toni IngramMaryann RozzellNancy and George RubensonMr. Douglas J. RubyJoyce Rudick and Sheldon BalbirerCarol C. RudolphJean SammonJo Ella SampJohn SarlesFrank and Dorothy SauerKathleen ScheimerJoan H. Searby

Diane Seeger and Tom ChristeinDouglas and Aneli SextonLonna ShafritzPaulette SheffieldMartha ShermanMark and Sara ShoobHelen Silberminz and S.M. Worthington IIISteve and Nancy SilcoxJennifer Simon and Fred PhillipsThalia Sinnamon in memory of Lyn SinnamonStuart Sirkin and Arlene Farber SirkinLen and Eileen SirotaKathleen SmithPatricia M. SmithAbby M. SternbergKaren StewartFrank J. StocklinCarol Z SullivanVicky SultPaula and Don SutherlandPeter and Carol TannenwaldPaul and Paulette ThompsonRobert and Delabian ThurstonLeslie and Edmond TourignyNancy TylerFran VallSharon and Richard Van DuizendJohn VaskoMary VavrinaEmanuel and Marilyn VeghKaty VicklandDan and Eloise VitielloJanet WalkerRobert and Kathleen WarrinerAdam and Gale WassermanKate A. WatersJoseph and Rosemary WellerLinda WellingtonBobbie Werner and Robert KatzRon and Elizabeth WhitingDr. and Mrs. Robert WhittenMarilynn WilsonPamela WilsonLarry Wolford and Cynthia G. RoyElaine WunderlichLiz ZimmerJoel and Pamela Zingeser

*Deceased

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From 19th Century Gossip to 21st Century ProductionBy Anna’le Hornak, Senior Literary Fellow and Production Dramaturg

The story at the heart of The Heiress grew from a piece of gossip.Actress Fanny Kemble told writer Henry James about her brother, a handsome but selfish young man who got engaged to a girl he described as “dull” and “plain” with a very large fortune.

James transformed that gossip into Washington Square, a novella originally published serially in Cornhill Magazine in 1880, and used Kemble’s story to pose two central questions to his readers: what happens when a woman is raised by a father who doesn’t love her? Is it possible to love someone and also seek financial gain from them?

In 1945, Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted Washington Square for the stage, first under the title The Doctor’s Daughter, then back to Washington Square, and finally in 1948 as The Heiress. Along the way, the Goetzes evolved the narrative. Whereas James’ Washington Square has the heiress Catherine Sloper picking up her embroidery at the end of the story “for life as it were,” condemning her to a life of solitude and sadness, Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s The Heiress has Catherine complete her last sampler and say “I can do anything now.” While we hope the audience debates whether Catherine’s final act in the play is good or bad, from Catherine’s own perspective — and the perspective of this production — Catherine is making her own choice, with freedom and agency. She isn’t a tragedy, but a courageous woman in her full authenticity.

DRAMATURG'S NOTE

Members of The Heiress creative team: (l-r) Anne Nesmith, Sherrice Mojgani, Ivania Stack, Seema Sueko, Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams and Emma M. Wilk.

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Women’s VoicesThis production builds upon the evolution of this story from a piece of gossip about a woman with no voice, to a play about a woman who finds her voice, by featuring the work of an all-female, multiracial design team comprised of award-winning artists.

The set is designed by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, costumes are designed by Ivania Stack, lighting by Sherrice Mojgani, sound design and original composition by Emma M. Wilk, wigs are designed by Anne Nesmith, the voice and text coach is Jan Gist, and the production is helmed by Arena Stage’s Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko.

A recent study on “Who Designs and Directs in LORT Theatres by Gender” by Porsche McGovern found that in the past five seasons only 0.6% of design teams at LORT theatres were composed of people who all use she/her pronouns. We are honored to increase that statistic with our production. LORT refers to the members of the League of Resident Theatres, a group of 75 major theatres in the United States. The full breakdown is pictured here:

Arena Stage has a long history of championing diversity, equity, and inclusion, dating back to its beginnings — when Zelda Fichandler, Tom Fichandler, and Edward Mangum founded Arena Stage in 1950, it was the first integrated theater in Washington, D.C.. Since Artistic Director Molly Smith came to Arena Stage in 1998, 70% of Arena’s directors have been women or people of color. In the last decade, 50% of Arena’s productions were written by women or playwrights of color.

“In the privacy of her room she is very expressive,” So says the character Lavinia Penniman about Catherine to Dr. Sloper at the start of The Heiress. By the end of the play, Catherine outgrows her room. So, too, our field of American theater strives to outgrow outdated systems that have closed doors on women artists. This play, this production, this design team are a step in that direction — up the staircase, as it were, with Catherine.

Who Designs in LORT Theaters by Gender: All He/Him/His and all She/Her/Hers Design TeamsPercent of teams over all 5 seasons (2012/13 – 2016/17)

Source: HowlRound Theatre Commons (https://howlround.com/who-designs-and-directs-lort-theatres-gender-4) November 28, 2018.

He/Him/His

She/Her/Hers

Mix of Genders

0.6%19.0%

80.4%

2619 Total Design Teams

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PRESENTS

THE HEIRESSBY

RUTH GOETZ AND AUGUSTUS GOETZDIRECTED BY

SEEMA SUEKO

SET DESIGNER MIKIKO SUZUKI MACADAMS

COSTUME DESIGNER IVANIA STACK

LIGHTING DESIGNER SHERRICE MOJGANI

SOUND DESIGNER AND ORIGINAL MUSIC EMMA M. WILK

WIG DESIGNER ANNE NESMITH

VOICE AND TEXT COACH JAN GIST

CASTING DIRECTOR VICTOR VAZQUEZ

STAGE MANAGERS SUSAN R. WHITE AND

JOSEPH SMELSER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER MARNE ANDERSON

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SETTING / CAST

SETTINGThe Heiress takes place in the drawing room and front parlor of Doctor Sloper’s house, located in Washington Square in New York City. The time is 1850 – 1853.

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Mrs. Montgomery ............................................................................................................LISE BRUNEAUMarian Almond .......................................................................................................... LORENE CHESLEYCatherine Sloper ....................................................................................................... LAURA C. HARRISElizabeth Almond .................................................................................................. JANET HAYATSHAHIMorris Townsend ......................................................................................JONATHAN DAVID MARTINLavinia Penniman .................................................................................................. NANCY ROBINETTEMaria ............................................................................................................................KIMBERLY SCHRAFDr. Austin Sloper .......................................................................................................... JAMES WHALEN

Arthur Townsend / The de Rhams' Coachman .............................................NATHAN WHITMER

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FOR THIS PRODUCTION

FOR THIS PRODUCTIONAssistant Set Designer .................................................................................................JOO HYUN KIM Technical Director .............................................................................................................NATALIE BELLProperties Director .......................................................................................................... JENN SHEETZCostume Director ........................................................................................JOSEPH P. SALASOVICHMaster Electrician ...................................................................................CHRISTOPHER V. LEWTONSound & Video Supervisor .................................................................................... BRIAN BURCHETTProduction Assistant ................................................................................................DAYNE SUNDMANStage Management Intern .................................................................................KENDALL COMOLLIDirecting Assistant / Casting Fellow ........................................................................... MALEK MAYOSenior Literary Fellow / Production Dramaturg .............................................ANNA'LE HORNAKShow Carpenter .........................................................................................................SEAN MALARKEYProps...............................................................................MARION HAMPTON DUBE, MATT DENNEYLight Board Operator ............................................................................................KELSEY SWANSONAssistant to the Lighting Designer ...........................................................VENUS GULBRANSONSound Operator ........................................................................................................DREW MOBERLEYWardrobe Supervisor .....................................................................................................ALINA GERALLWardrobe ............................................................................ AITANA GARRISON, CARISSA GILSONHair and Makeup Supervisor .............................................................................LASHAWN MELTONAdditional Draper .......................................................................... MARIANNE KROSTYNE STUDIOAdditional Stitchers .............................................JENNIFER BAE, ANDREW LANDON CUTLER,

ANNE GORMAN, STELLA PIVNIK, RAYNA C. RICHARDSON, ELIZABETH SPILSBURY

Additional Costume Crafts ...............................................................................BETHANY ALLGOODTailoring .............................................................................................DAWSON TAILORS, TESSA LEWBoard Intern ................................................................................................................. RICK FROEHLICHDonor Intern ..................................................................................................................MARK LEWELLYN

What are the Arena Civil Dialogues?

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WHO'S WHO

CAST (in alphabetical order)

LISE BRUNEAU (Mrs. Montgomery) is pleased to return to Arena Stage after appearing in Watch on the Rhine, Mother Courage and Karen Zacarias’ Legacy of Light. Recent credits include

Broadway’s The Cherry Orchard (Roundabout) and Sweat for A.C.T. San Francisco. D.C. appearances include Hamlet and Othello (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Broken Glass and Brighton Beach Memoirs (Theater J, Helen Hayes nomination) and This (Round House). For Denver Center, she was Hesione in Heartbreak House (Henry Award). As a director, she’s helmed productions for MetroStage, Clarence Brown Theatre, the Riot Grrrls and Taffety Punk. Regionally, she has appeared at Cleveland Playhouse, The Globe, Seattle Repertory, The Wilma, Berkeley Repertory and many Shakespeare festivals. Lise trained at RADA and is proud to be a Taffety Punk.

LORENE CHESLEY (Marian Almond) is thrilled to be back at Arena Stage! A native of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Lorene grew up studying ballet and tap, but quickly segued her love for

performance into acting. Stage credits include Valerie Johnston in Smart People (Arena Stage), The Flame/Ms. Caliente in The Villians' Supper Club (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), Cassandra in The American Woman (Pasadena Playhouse) and Delilah in Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse). TV credits include Perception (TNT), Shameless (Showtime) and The Fosters (Freeform). This fall she released her first book The Perfectly Imperfect Christian (Amazon.com), praise! She studied theater at Temple University and earned an M.F.A. in acting at UCSD. Lorene would like to thank God for her many blessings, and her family and friends for their continual love and support!

LAURA C. HARRIS (Catherine Sloper) is making her Arena Stage debut. Previous Washington, D.C. credits include Kings, Cloud 9, Time Stands Still, Bachelorette and

Red Speedo at Studio Theatre; The Flick and Tender Napalm at Signature Theatre; NSFW, Seminar, Amadeus, Young Robin Hood and 26 Miles at Round House Theatre; Vicuna at Mosaic Theater; Awake and Sing! at Olney Theatre Center; Love and Information, Passion Play, World Builders and Amazons and Their Men with Forum Theatre; Our Class at Theatre J; The Winter’s Tale and The School for Scandal at Folger Theatre; and An Experiment with an Air Pump with Potomac Theatre Project, along with extensive on-camera and voiceover work. Laura is a graduate of Middlebury College. www.lauracharris.com

JANET HAYATSHAHI (Elizabeth Almond) last appeared as Helen of Troy in Launching Ships with Tentacular Performance Group. She spent six seasons with San Diego’s Sledgehammer

Theatre, playing roles in A Dream Play, Macbeth, nu, [sic], Berzerkergäng, Richard III, Furious Blood and Phenomenal Acceleration. Other California theater credits include Master Class (Poway Center for Performing Arts); Remains (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company); Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth (Central Coast Shakespeare); Beyond Therapy, Marvin’s Room and Rules of Love (Centerpoint Theatre Group). Chicago credits include Agamemnon (European Repertory Theatre) and Infernal Machine and Knights of the Round Table (Eclipse Theatre Company). BFA: Ithaca College; MFA: UC San Diego. Janet is currently an assistant professor of theater at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA. www.hayatshahi.com

JONATHAN DAVID MARTIN (Morris Townsend) is making his Arena Stage debut! Other credits include War Horse at Lincoln Center Theater (original Broadway cast). Off-Broadway productions at the

National Black Theatre, 59E59 Theaters and Bushwick Starr; regionally at Theater Alliance, Two River Theater, Portland Center Stage, Shakespeare Santa Monica, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, NMA Physical Theatre Ensemble and Washington Ensemble Theater, where he was a founding co-artistic director. He is also the co-artistic director of

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WHO'S WHONYC-based Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative whose original works include Olityelwe (59E59 Theaters, UK and South Africa tours), Point of Departure, Head in the Sand, The Alien Nation, #HashtagProject and Tangible Hope Project, a documentary series highlighting community change-makers across America. TV credits include Unforgettable and Believe. Annenberg Fellow for the Arts. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting.

NANCY ROBINETTE (Lavinia Penniman) has appeared at Arena Stage in Ah Wilderness!; The Avenger's Comedie; Death of a Salesman; Well; You Nero; Blithe Spirit; The Women; Lovers and Executioners; For

the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again; and Christmas Carol 1941. Most recently in Washington she was in Everything is Illuminated at Theatre J, John at Signature Theatre and Comedy of Errors at the Shakespeare Theatre, where she is an affiliated artist. Regionally she has appeared at Old Globe, Paper Mill, Williamstown, New York Theatre Workshop, Roundabout, Key West Waterfront and McCarter theaters. She appeared on Broadway in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. TV credits include Louie and Homicide. Films credits include Serial Mom, Soldier Jack, Three Christs, The Hunley and The Day Lincoln Was Shot. Last year she received The Helen Hayes Tribute.

KIMBERLY SCHRAF (Maria) is delighted to return to Arena Stage, where she also appeared in Ah, Wilderness! and The Women. Other D.C. appearances include Death of a Salesman and The Laramie

Project at Ford’s Theatre; Vicuña and the American Epilogue and Oh, God at Mosaic; Measure for Pleasure and The Gigli Concert at Woolly Mammoth; Angels in America and Show Boat at Signature; Skylight, Frozen and all four of The Apple Family Plays at Studio; and Our Town and A Prayer for Owen Meany at Round House. As co-director of the Honors Conservatory at the Theatre Lab, she prepares adult actors for professional theater work, and as a Steering Committee member of Actors Arena, she helps to program workshops and roundtable discussions to enrich and deepen the acting craft of seasoned professionals.

JAMES WHALEN (Dr. Austin Sloper) last appeared at Arena as William Marshall in The Little Foxes. His most recent D.C. area appearances include Small Mouth Sounds (Round House Theatre) and

True West (Rep Stage). He has also performed locally with The Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre Center, Everyman Theatre, Mosaic Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company and Theatre J. Regionally he played Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Some of his favorite TV and film credits include House of Cards, VEEP, I Love You But I Lied, Money Matters and A Beautiful Mind.

NATHAN WHITMER (Arthur Townsend / The de Rhams' Coachman) is proud to be making his Arena Stage and Washington, D.C. debut! In New York he worked Off-Broadway with both Marvell

Repertory Theatre and Titan Theatre Company. Regional credits include Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors (The Old Globe Theatre); A Christmas Carol, ACE and Reckless (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Robert in Company (Heritage Theatre Festival in Charlottesville, VA); Texas Shakespeare Festival; Fairbanks Shakespeare Festival; and over 20 productions with Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, where he was a resident company member. Nathan lives with his wife, actor Emelie Faith Thompson, and their young daughter, Violet, in northern Virginia. MFA: The Old Globe/USD; BFA: Ohio University. Instagram: @actornate www.nathanwhitmer.com

CREATIVERUTH GOETZ AND AUGUSTUS GOETZ (Playwrights) collaborated on many Broadway plays, such as Franklin Street (1940); One Man Show (1945); The Heiress (1947), which was loosely suggested by Henry James’ novel Washington Square; The Immoralist (1954), an adaptation from the novel by Andre Gide; and The Hidden River (1957), an adaptation of a novel by Storm Jameson. The Goetzes also collaborated on the following films: The

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WHO'S WHOHeiress (Academy Award, 1949), Sister Carrie (1950), Rhapsody, Trapeze and Stagestruck. Mrs. Goetz is the sole author of two plays: Sweet Love Remembered (1959), written after her husband’s death in 1957, and Madly in Love (1963). The Goetzes were active members of the Dramatists Guild. Their daughter, Judy Firth Sanger, is a poet and frequent reference source for productions of The Heiress. Their granddaughter, Katie Firth, is an actress working in New York.

SEEMA SUEKO (Director) joined the Arena Stage staff in July 2016 as deputy artistic director and has since directed The Price and Smart People at Arena. She previously served as associate artistic director at The Pasadena Playhouse and executive artistic director of Mo olelo Performing Arts Company. Her other directing and acting credits include Denver Center, The Pasadena Playhouse, People’s Light, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory, Yale Repertory, 5th Avenue Theatre and Native Voices, among others. As a playwright, she received commissions from Mixed Blood Theatre and Center Stage. Her work has been recognized by the California State Assembly, NAACP San Diego, Chicago Jeff Awards, American Theatre Wing and American Theatre magazine. Seema developed the Consensus Organizing for Theater methodology, the Green Theater Choices Toolkit, has done research on the neuroscience of acting, and serves on the Diversity Committee of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

MIKIKO SUZUKI MACADAMS (Set Designer) designed for Arena Stage’s The Little Foxes and is happy to be back at Arena! Her work has been seen at Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Rep, Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Seattle Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Yale Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cornerstone Theater Company and Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among others. Her Off-Broadway credits include Working Theater, Epic Theatre Ensemble, INTAR, Ensemble Studio Theatre and the National Asian American Theatre Company. She also designed the recent U.S. national tour of Dirty Dancing and in Japan at the Nissay Opera, Nikikai Opera, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Aichi Triennale and more. As an associate scenic designer, recent Broadway

credits include My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and The King and I. She teaches at Rutgers University.

IVANIA STACK (Costume Designer) is delighted to return to Arena Stage, where she is previously designed The Price, Two Trains Running and Intelligence. Her work has been seen at many other D.C. area theatres including: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Company Member), Ford’s Theatre, Round House Theatre (Resident Artist), Kennedy Center Family Theatre, Signature Theatre, Imagination Stage, Olney Theatre Center (Associate Artist), Studio Theatre, Theatre J, Constellation Theatre, Pointless Theatre, Synetic Theatre, Forum Theatre, Theatre Alliance, Rorschach Theatre, Metro Stage and Gala Hispanic Theatre. Her regional credits include designs for Seattle Repertory Theatre, Center Stage, Everyman Theatre, The Karski Project, Andy’s Summer Playhouse, The Second City and The Contemporary American Theatre Festival. She has an MFA in design from the University of Maryland, College Park.

SHERRICE MOJGANI (Lighting Designer)’s recent designs include Two Trains Running (Arena Stage & Seattle Repertory Theatre); The Scottsboro Boys (Signature Theatre); Skeleton Crew (The Old Globe); Black Pearl Sings, Roz and Ray and HONKY (San Diego REP); and The Revolutionist, Blue Door and Trouble in Mind (MOXIE Theatre). Sherrice is an assistant professor in the School of Theatre at George Mason University. She holds a BA in Theater Arts from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in Lighting Design from UC San Diego. http://www.smojgani.com

EMMA M. WILK (Sound Designer and Original Music) is a New York-based sound designer and collaborator. She is very excited to be working at Arena for the first time! Her designs have been heard at numerous New York theaters, including The Public, New World Stages, La MaMa, 59E59 and HERE. Some of her favorite designs were A Clockwork Orange, Bright Half Life, Machinal, The King Stag, The Crucible and Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey. She has worked regionally in Connecticut, New Jersey, upstate NY, Idaho and Nebraska. Associate/assistant designer highlights include, on Broadway: Long Day’s

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WHO'S WHOJourney Into Night, Heisenberg and The Lyons; and Off-Broadway: Hamlet, Pass Over, What’s It All About and Fun Home. She is a graduate of Vassar College. Emmamwilk.com.

ANNE NESMITH (Wig Designer) is pleased to return to Arena Stage, where her design credits include Indecent, The Pajama Game, Nina Simone: Four Women and The Price. Her designs have been seen locally at Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Wolftrap Opera, Shakespeare Theatre, Folger Theatre and Washington Ballet. Regional work includes designs with Opera Philadelphia, Opera Boston, Annapolis Opera and Castleton Music Festival and internationally at Saito Kinen Festival and Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Japan. Anne was the resident wig / makeup designer for the Baltimore Opera and has constructed wigs for Scooby Doo! Live and 42nd Street (Asian tour). You can see her work in Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery programs, Ice Cold Killers for Investigation Discovery, the Military Channel’s Great Planes, MD Public Television and the U.S. Army’s tour Spirit of America.

JAN GIST (Voice and Text Coach)’s Arena Stage credits include A Perfect Ganesh. D.C. credits include Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Theatre Company. At Old Globe (San Diego) Jan coached 89 productions; and is the head of Voice, Speech and Dialects for Old Globe/University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Regional theater credits include American Players Theatre, Ahmanson Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Shakespeare Center, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, San Diego Repertory, North Coast Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, PlayMakers’ Repertory, Indiana Repertory and Mo’olelo Company. Jan has led workshops at national/international conferences including Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Voice Foundation, London's Central School of Speech and Drama, and Moscow Art Theatre Teachers Exchange. She has been interviewed for and published in Voice and Speech Training in the New Millennium: Conversations with Master Teachers. Other publications include exercises in The Complete Voice and Speech Workout and More Stage Dialects, and poetry in VASTA Journals.

SUSAN R. WHITE (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko. Susan is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

JOSEPH SMELSER (Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to Arena Stage where he last served as stage manager on Anna Deavere Smith’s Let Me Down Easy. He is currently the resident production stage manager at the Shakespeare Theatre Company where he has managed 30 productions including Hamlet, Camelot and the upcoming Oresteia. Other work includes eight seasons at Seattle Rep and four seasons at ACT in San Francisco. He toured productions of Let Me Down Easy and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (both with Anna Deavere Smith) and the first national tour of Proof.

MARNE ANDERSON (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be at Arena Stage for her 10th season, she started as an Allen Lee Hughes Fellow in 2009. Some highlights include Indecent, Dave, Two Trains Running, The Great Society, Nina Simone: Four Women, A Raisin in the Sun, Moby Dick, All the Way, Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, King Hedley II, Five Guys Named Moe, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Mountaintop, Metamorphoses, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Arabian Nights, and Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

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WHO'S WHO

ARENA STAGE LEADERSHIPMOLLY SMITH (Artistic Director) has served as Artistic Director since 1998. Her more than 30 directing credits at Arena Stage include Anything Goes, Sovereignty, Carousel, The Originalist, Fiddler on the Roof, Camp David, Mother Courage and Her Children, Oklahoma!, A Moon for the Misbegotten, My Fair Lady, The Great White Hope, The Music Man, Legacy of Light, The Women of Brewster Place, Cabaret, South Pacific, All My Sons and How I Learned to Drive. Her directorial work has also been seen Off-Broadway at 59E59 in New York, Canada’s Shaw Festival, The Court Theatre, The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Trinity Repertory, Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, Montreal’s Centaur Theatre and Perseverance Theater in Juneau, Alaska, which she founded and ran from 1979 – 1998. Molly has been a leader in new play development for over 40 years. She is a great believer in first, second and third productions of new work and has championed projects including How I Learned to Drive; Passion Play, a cycle; Next to Normal; and Dear Evan Hansen. She led the re-invention of Arena Stage, focusing on the architecture and creation of the Mead Center for American Theater and positioning Arena Stage as a national center for American artists. During her time with the company, Arena Stage has workshopped more than 100 productions, produced 39 world premieres, staged numerous second and third productions and been an important part of nurturing nine projects that went on to have a life on Broadway. In 2014, Molly made her Broadway debut directing The Velocity of Autumn, following its critically acclaimed run at Arena Stage. She was awarded honorary doctorates from American University and Towson University. In 2018, she was honored as Person of the Year by the National Theatre Conference and inducted into the Washington D.C. Hall of Fame.

EDGAR DOBIE (Executive Producer) Born in Vernon, British Columbia, a village next to the Rocky Mountains (three years after Arena had its first performance in 1950), I am one of five brothers raised by my Dad — Edgar, a mechanic and small businessman — and Mom — Connie, a telephone operator and union organizer. I am the only Dobie to make a career in theater. Luckily for me, drama was an arts elective I was offered at the tender age of 12, so I hung up my hockey skates and joined the drama class, led by teacher Paddy Malcolm and her fledgling Powerhouse Community Theater after school. By the time I graduated from high school, we volunteers had built ourselves a 200-seat fully-equipped theater on its own piece of land in the center of town and found a sell-out audience for the full season of plays we had to offer. That experience taught me so many lessons about the power of theater to foster collaboration and share meaningful stories, as well as the public values that attach themselves to building a safe place where everyone is welcome. All those lessons served me well as a managing leader and producer both sides of the border, and both sides of the commercial and non-profit theater divide. Arriving here at Arena in 2009 makes me feel like I am well-equipped for the best job in the world.

This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association.

The actors and stage managers are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

Arena Stage is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theater.

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THEATRE FORWARD FUNDERS (CONTRIBUTORS AS OF OCTOBER 2018)

Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following Education through Theatre funders:

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+)AT&TThe Hearst FoundationsThe Schloss Family Foundation

BENEFACTORS ($25,000 – 49,999)The Augustine FoundationWells Fargo

PACESETTERS ($15,000 – 24,999)The Music Man FoundationLisa OrbergSouthwest Airlines †TD Bank

DONORS ($10,000 – 14,999)EverGreene Architectural ArtsDewitt SternAlan & Jenni FreedmanDaryl and Steven Roth FoundationWestlake Reed Leskosky

† Includes In-kind support

BOARD OF TRUSTEES / THEATRE FORWARD

ARENA STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2018/19

CHAIRJudith N. Batty

VICE CHAIRSDecker AnstromSander BieberEric BravermanEdgar Dobie,Richard FeinsteinVicki J. HicksDaniel KorengoldRichard A. NewmanLucia RiddleHubert M. SchlosbergBeth Newburger SchwartzRaymond SczudloDavid E. ShiffrinShawna Watley

TRUSTEESAndrew R. Ammerman Linda A. BaumannDavid BeckerLavern ChatmanJoseph P. DigangiJohn EdelmannJeri Epstein

Elliot FeldmanMaggie FitzpatrickRick FroehlichNicholas GoadCatherine Guttman-McCabeAnn HamiltonEllen K. HarrisonSue HenryAlethia JacksonDonald Wallace JonesRicki KanterMargot KellyElissa LeonardJohn Lynham B. Thomas MansbachDavid BH MartinJoyce MooreheadRonald A. Paul M.D.Robert PincusIlene RosenthalGene SamburgDavid Bruce SmithMolly SmithSheila StampfliRobert StoutNneka Ukpai

HONORARY TRUSTEESJim AbdoKent AmosAshok BajajJoanne BarkerMichele G. BermanSteven R. Bralove Susan Haas BraloveJohn DerrickNancy M. FolgerLarry Franks Natwar GandhiFruzsina HarsanyiPatti Herman Kay KapoorJudy Lansing KovlerMark LevineDavid O. Maxwell Joan P. MaxwellTerry R. PeelBeverly PerryJudy Lynn PrinceRichard W. SnowdonGrace TerpstraMargaret Tomlinson

LIFE TRUSTEESNorman BernsteinLee G. Rubenstein

EMERITUS TRUSTEESArlene and Robert Kogod

CORPORATE OFFICERS

PRESIDENTEdgar Dobie

TREASURERJoe Beradelli

SECRETARYAlison Irvin

YOUNG PATRONS BOARDThe Arena Stage Young Patrons Board seeks to strengthen and support the future of American theater at Arena Stage. The Young Patrons Board supports the artistic mission of Arena Stage by being active ambassadors to the community and arranging opportunities for people under 40 years old to engage with the theater.

MEMBERSMichael BaylisPaul BolajiMarivi BryantVictoria ClarkSarah CohnCaitlin DutkiewiczReshad FavorsBrandon GayWhitney HubbardSakisha JacksonLucrecia JohnsonJason KelleyDanielle M. LancasterAshley LawrenceAshley M. Lewis

Marisa MaleckBrittany McCantsShannon McNealAnna Katherine (AK) MoodyMary Kathryn NagleChibundu NnakeJosh RubinMargaret RubinBrandon SladeMignon SmithHillary StempleAdrienne ThompsonTony WoodsConrad WoodyYvesner Zamar

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THANK YOU FOR LEAVING YOUR LEGACY AT ARENA STAGE

FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY

FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY — ARENA STAGE’S PLANNED GIVING PROGRAMArena Stage gratefully acknowledges these individuals who ensure the future of Arena Stage by making a planned gift. These gifts assure that Arena Stage will continue to challenge, educate and entertain audiences, and maintain its excellence in theater nationally, and internationally for generations to come.Arena can help you accomplish your personal, family and philanthropic goals while benefiting the theater. Supporters who make planned gifts to Arena are invited to join the Full Circle Society and enjoy special benefits. For more information about planned giving, please contact Kristen Mitchell at 202-600-4026 or kmitchell@arenastage.org.

THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS AS OF JULY 1, 2018.MEMBERSAnonymous (8)Esthy and Jim AdlerDr. Bill Santford AshleyCurtis BellSteven BraloveDr. Robert and Mary Jo BrennerBonnie and Jere Broh-KahnLouise BudelisJohn P. CahillEllen MacNeille CharlesDonald J. and Anita P. CowanCaptain Joan Darrah and

Ms. Lynne KennedyJohn Edelmann and Jeff LoveJeri and Gary EpsteinDonald H. FlandersNancy M. FolgerCatherine F. and James F.* Fort, Sr. Larry Franks and Ellen BerelsonArlene FriedlanderGeorge and Duffy FtikasBob GronenbergDr. JC HaywardVicki J. HicksLauren and Glen HowardDavid Insinga and Robert McDonaldThomas Jesulaitis

Margot KellyDrs. Susan and Perry KleinDr. Seth A. Koch and

Barbara Bellman KochHerb and Dianne LernerJohn and Patricia LongJohn and Lenora LynhamJudy Lynn PrinceRichard Schwartz* and

Beth Newburger SchwartzDr. and Mrs. Mark ShugollMolly Smith and

Suzanne Blue Star BoyDick and Katie SnowdonHelga TarverHelene ToivMargaret L. TomlinsonFrankie and Jerry* Williamson

BEQUESTS AND GIFTS IN REMEMBRANCEEstate of Dr. and

Mrs. Clement C. AlpertEstate of H. Max and

Josephine F. AmmermanEstate of Audrey J. BarnettEstate of Harry J. BoissevainEstate of Henrietta T. Braunstein

Estate of Dorothy BunevichEstate of Patricia CarrollEstate of Albert ChaikenEstate of Helen G. CoddingEstate of Marcus CohnEstate of Israel and Augusta ConvisserEstate of Robert D. Davis Jr. and

Henry J. SchalizkiEstate of Zelda FichandlerIn Memory of Martin "Marty" DavisIn Memory of Helen W. and

Felix E. GeigerEstate of Ann GibbonsEstate of Ezra GlaserEstate of George GrizzardEstate of Giselle HillEstate of Joan E. KainIn Memory of Jean Russ Kern

and Jeannette G. KernEstate of Herbert A. LindowEstate of LaRue R. LutkinsEstate of Suzy PlattEstate of Gruine RobinsonBarbara R. Walton EndowmentFund for New PlaywrightsEstate of Eric Weinmann* Deceased

CREATE A LEGACY BY JOINING THE FULL CIRCLE SOCIETYYou don’t have to be wealthy to make a significant gift. Bequests and other planned gifts allow you the opportu-nity to make a significant contribution that will ensure the future of Arena Stage. The Full Circle Society allows us the opportunity to recognize you for that gift during your life-time. For more information about making a planned gift or to inform us of your existing planned gift, please contact Holly Oliver at 202-600-4029 or holiver@arenastage.org.

“ We feel the long-term viability of theater really has to come from two sources — annual fundraising efforts and long-term donations [in the form of a planned gift] from the people who love the theater and are willing to com-mit to it in perpetuity.”— Beth Newburger Schwartz and the late Richard Schwartz

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THANK YOU — ANNUAL FUND

THE ANNUAL FUNDArena Stage gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, families, foundations and corporations who support the theater’s work by contributing to the Annual Fund. These gifts make it possible for the theater to continue presenting high-quality productions and innovative education programs that strengthen the community in which we live.For more information on the benefits of becoming an Annual Fund contributor, call the Development Department at 202-600-4177. The following are contributors as of January 23, 2019.

OVATION CIRCLEAnonymousDecker Anstrom and

Sherry HiemstraJoanne BarkerLarry Franks and

Ellen BerelsonArlene and Robert KogodAlan and Marsha PallerLola C. ReinschBeth Newburger Schwartz

and Richard Schwartz*

FOUNDER’S CIRCLEAndrew R. Ammerman The Family of H. Max* and

Josephine* F. AmmermanDiane and Norman BernsteinSusan and Steven BraloveThe Estate of

Dorothy A. BunevichMaggie FitzPatrickDavid C. Frederick and

Sophia LynnDr. Donald Wallace Jones

Dr. Betty Jean Tolbert Jones and Tracey Tolbert Jones

Joan and David MaxwellThe Estate of

Henry J. SchalizkiDavid Bruce Smith

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLEAnonymous (3)Judith N. BattyBarbara and Arthur BushkinDavid Becker and

Leslie SeemanEllen MacNeille CharlesJohn and Linda DerrickPam and Richard FeinsteinDrs. Elliot J. Feldman and

Lily Gardner FeldmanVirginia McGehee FriendRick and Carol FroehlichGeorge and Duffy FtikasAnn O. HamiltonEllen K. HarrisonSue Henry and Carter PhillipsPatti and Mitchell HermanKay KapoorMargot KellyMr. and Mrs. Daniel KorengoldDavid and Martha Martin Toni and Ronald PaulR. Lucia RiddleThe Estate of

Toni A. RitzenbergSteven and Ilene RosenthalGene SamburgHubert (Hank) and

Charlotte* SchlosbergMr. and Mrs.

Richard W. SnowdonSheila Stampfli

LEADERSHIP CIRCLELinda A. BaumannMichele and Allan BermanSander M. Bieber and

Linda E. RosenzweigEric Braverman and

Neil BrownCommunity Foundation for

Northern Virginia/ James I. Chatman Fund

Joseph P. DiGangiJohn Edelmann and Jeff LoveJeri and Gary Epstein

Mr. and Mrs. David FisherHenock Gebreamlak and

Nicholas GoadChris and Catherine

Guttman-McCabeVicki J. HicksAlethia JacksonRicki and Joel KanterSheldon and Audrey KatzJudy and Peter Kovler/

The Kovler FundRobert Liberatore and

Debra Kraft John and Lenora LynhamB. Thomas MansbachThomas and

Joyce MooreheadRichard and Janice NewmanCraig Pascal and

Victor ShargaiAnn and Terry R. PeelRobert PincusPowell Family Charitable TrustRaymond S. Sczudlo and

Deborah Sams SczudloPeggy and David ShiffrinRobert and Jan StoutNneka UkpaiShawna Watley

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLEAnonymousCurtis BellPatrick ChauvinAmitai EtzioniSeth and Caroline HurwitzIrene and Edward KaplanHerb and Dianne LernerMark T. LewellynThe Robert and Natalie

Mandel Family FoundationMolly Smith and

Suzanne Blue Star BoyPeggy and Alec* TomlinsonBill and Terry Witowsky

PRODUCER’S CIRCLEAnonymous (3)Esthy and Jim AdlerCelia and Keith ArnaudAlan Asay and

Mary SturtevantJim Bellas and Kip FentonMorton and Grace BenderDr. Sharon A. BennettNancy and John BensonThe Honorable Ann W. Brown

and Donald BrownRichard and Evelyn BynumBelle N. Davis in Memory of

Martin “Marty” DavisWes Callender and

Mary DavisGloria DavidsonLouis Delair, Jr.Edgar and Tracy DobieKathy and Jody DreyfussAnita Dunn and Bob BauerThe Lois and

Richard England FamilyThe Louis and

Helen Fanaroff FoundationNancy M. FolgerRobert and Carole FontenroseFaith Gay and

Francesca ZambelloMarilyn and

Michael GlossermanAmnon and Sue Golan

Lucia and Woolf GrossFruzsina M. Harsanyi and

Raymond GarciaSusan B. HaightMeg and John HaugeJohn and Shelly HazelLiz Hilder and Randy SmithJames and Deborah KareshLady Bountiful FundMark Levine and

Sara ImersheinLaura L. McAuliffeCharles McBride and

Peg DeBellMills Family FoundationAlfred Moses and Fern SchadDr. Alfred Munzer and

Mr. Joel WindMelanie and Larry NussdorfBeverly PerryWesley Pickard and

Jeanette StudleySydney M. Polakoff and

Carolyn GoldmanJudy Lynn PrinceFranklin D. Raines and

Denise GrantNan and Robert RatnerJanis Reed and Jack RequaDavid and Susan RockefellerMargaret Ann RossDr. and Mrs. William RuleSusan ScanlanGeorge L. Shields FoundationThalia Sinnamon in memory

of Lyn SinnamonJudi and Richard SugarmanGladyce T. SumidaTerri L. TedfordTim and Grace TerpstraSuzanne Thouvenelle and

Dennis DeloriaAnne Marie TigheAnnie TotahEllen and Bernard YoungJudy and Leo Zickler

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEAnonymous (5)Carolyn AlperPriscilla AycockElfreda BaptistDr. and Mrs. C. Wrandle BarthKyle and Alan BellGene Bialek and

Arlene BrownDeborah BowlesCynthia BoyerJoe and Sue BredekampBonnie and Jere Broh-KahnJulie Burton and

Roger HickeyBlain and Peg ButnerLee CalligaroClotilda Bowie CassidyJudith ClaireRichard H. ClevaGeri and David CohenEllen and Michael CroninMr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis, IIIThe Charles Delmar

FoundationBarbara and David EhrlichSkip and Laurette FarmerLorraine Fleming and

Harry ParrishSallie Forman and

Jonah GitlitzDavid and Anne Grizzle

Christopher and Carol Fromboluti

The Honorable William and Linda Garvelink

Paul HendersonTheo W. Hodge Jr., MD and

Frederick Eugene Taylor, Jr.Muriel HowardEdward and Paula HughesThomas Jesulaitis and

Barrie SeidmanDeena and Jerry KaplanKay Kendall and Jack DaviesCal and Barbara KlausnerLauren S. KogodLeslie S. KogodStephen and

Willoughby LaycockCaroline LewisNancy and Dan LongoAbby MandelSteve Mayer and

Vera Oye' Yaa-AnnaAlan and Ruth MelvinRobert G. and

Joelen K. MerkelDr. Robin Mockenhaupt and

Dr. Ralph PoppSue Cunningham and

Howard MooreAnn K. MoralesTimothy and Diane NaughtonMichael and Penelope PollardBenjamin and Judith PrattBill and Donna RobertsTalmadge and

Mary E. RobertsBruce and Lori Laitman

RosenblumHelen RossBeverly SchachtSteven and Marie SchramJames Johnson and

Matthew ShepardShugoll ResearchMcAdo Shuler, Jr. The Souders FamilyLaura L. TosiVirginia D. WeberJim and Elizabeth WilliamsJoan WillsRichard and

Leslie WojciechowiczIrene and Alan WurtzelDeborah and David YaffeJean Schiro-Zavela and

Vance ZavelaMargot Lurie Zimmerman in

memory of Paul Zimmerman

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLEAnonymous (4)The Estate of Dr. and Mrs.

Clement C. AlpertDean Amel and Terry SavelaLeon and Robyn AndrisMichael W. and

Stacie H. ArpeyRoy Barnes and

Mary FlaniganPaul BolajiRoger and Nancy BrownTed Bean and Kathy BrownJames and Karen BeardsleyJudy and George Bowns,

in memory of their sons, Mark and Scott

Jerry Bridges and Sally TurnerSharie A. Brown

Marivi BryantBuffy and William Cafritz

Family FoundationWilliam Caldwell and

Michele TothDr. Myla CarpenterJohn ChesterRichard ChristensenBeth and Ron CogswellSarah H. CohnDr. Jack H. Colwell and

Dr. Rita R. ColwellAnnemargaret Connolly and

Kenneth FrankWoody Cunningham and

Jessie HarrisMr. and Mrs. James DakeDeirdre Donahue and

Jamie DahlbergMary Lou DaurayPatricia D'OrazioCarolyn and William DoyingCaitlin M. DutkiewiczGloria EdwardsReshad Favors, Esq.Susan D. and Howard FeibusLorry M. Fenner, PhDMarc L. and

Phyllis S. FleischakerMartin and JoEllen FrostEdward GaddyMr. and Mrs.

Davis R. Gamble Jr.Mr. Brandon K. GayB.J. GilchristRuth Bader GinsburgEstate of Ezra GlaserGregg H. S. GoldenMichael Greenbaum and

Sherry LiebesLinda Griggs and Bill SwedishJudy and Sheldon GrosbergCarol and Bill GrossNorene and Timothy GuilfordLoren and Phyllis HaagHonorable Robert and

Susan HaleThe Hansan FamilyLaura HartPatricia HarveyHenshel FoundationSonia HersonSteven and Tanya HiltonLinda Lurie Hirsch Erich Hosbach and

Franklin MooreWhitney HubbardDavid Insinga and

Robert McDonaldSakisha JacksonJoseph and Anne JarboeLucrecia P. Johnson, Esq.Anne B. Keiser and

Doug LappJason KelleyJudge Gladys KesslerCaroline S. KlempDanielle M. Lancaster,

Creative VisionaryJean and John LangeAshley J. LawrenceLeon Fund of the Community

Serving Richmond and Central VA

Ashley M. LewisDavid Lloyd, RealtorWalter and Betsy LohmannWilliam and Ruth Lubic

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THANK YOU — ANNUAL FUNDMarisa C. Maleck, Esq.Susan and Dan MareckDan and Karen MayersMark and Marsha MazzBrittany A. McCantsMary McGann and

Gerry LambNancy McGuireNancy MironDee MorrisDale MottJoan and Dan MulcahyMs. Anna Katherine MoodyAlan and Roberta MunroMary Kathryn NagleMeenakshi NandedkarMartha NewmanChibundu NnakeSusan NolanFrank and Linda NutterRita O'Brien, Esq. and

John ImparatoRay OlsonMr. and Mrs. David M. OsnosMarina and David OttawayMike Payne and

Barbara JohnsonHoward and Dorothy PedolskyLaura Peebles and

Ellen FingermanMargaret and Carl PfeifferDr. and Mrs. Nathaniel G. PittsGail Povar and Larry BachorikAllen Purvis and Jan JohnsonHenry and Anne Reich

Family FoundationTrina and Lee RubensteinJosh, Tynan and Biagio RubinMargaret York RubinJo Ella SampJeff and Sarah SandelCarol SchwartzLinda and Arthur SchwartzBrandon and Janine SladeSteve and Nancy SilcoxJames Skiles and

Lynne ChurchLinda SmithLisa and Chris SmithLarry and Arlene SpinelliSteve and Danelle SpringerLe Anne and Bert SteinbergHillary M. StempleMr. Sid StolzSeema SuekoDr. Harvey A. Sweetbaum and

Mrs. Selma SweetbaumMr. David Talbird and

Dr. Darlene Jean-PierreEileen and Michael TannerPeter and Ann TanousMr. and Mrs. Keith ThackreyDr. Adrienne ThompsonLinda and Steuart ThomsenRalph Timmons and Janet HillAllen UnsworthRear Adm. and

Mrs. Sidney WallaceAnne Paine and Fowler WestRichard and Susan WestinMark and Ria WestonSarah Whitesell and Wan KimPatricia Page WilliamsRichie and Jim WrightJane YanulisRobert and Anne YermanBeth York and Art RubinAnnette and Colin Young

STARAnonymous (8)Lynn J. and Lynne A. BardenNancy and John BarnumLucille A. BlandNan BeckleyPeter and Ellen BertyDavid and Judy BoniorPhilip and Faith BobrowJan BoyceMs. Carolyn BroussardSharon M. BrownCandice C. BryantEstate of Albert Chaiken

N. Chesser and J.M. RoweManny and Ruthy CohenNadine R. CohodasJohn and Sheila ComptonRay and Mary ConverseCamille CookValerie and John CuddyBeth CunninghamLorraine DayAnita Difanis and

Richard KrajeckDiane and Lowell DodgeThelma DugginSue Duncan and Leo FisherMrs. Elizabeth EdgeworthSarah G. Epstein and

Donald A. CollinsRobert and Sue FaronPeter and Alison FennJames and Patricia FlaniganThe Henry J. Fox TrustThe Samuel Freedman TrustDeborah Freund and

Doug WhiteAmy C. GilbertHon. Joseph and

Alma GildenhornMark* and Sara GoldbergSherry and Neil GreenGrace R. GreggAlfred and Lynne GroffCatherine and Warren GorrellEllie and John HagnerJames B. HamlinS. Ross and

Susan L. HechingerShawn C. Helm and

J. Thomas MarchittoLucia HillJudy HonigWilliam Logan HopkinsLauren and Glen HowardDrs. Jeanne-Marie and

Nathan MillerAnnelle JohnsonThe S. Kann Sons Co.

FoundationElizabeth KeeleyGary KempMary KimbleKenneth and

Carol Doran KleinTuke and Pierce KlemmtPatricia and John KoskinenSimeon M. Kriesberg and

Martha L. KahnMs. Jane Mary KwassWilliam and Grace LaChanceRichard and Cecilia LarkinAndrew Lebby and

Wendy SchwartzElizabeth C LeeThelma K. LeenhoutsJohn and Trish LongRonald Long and

Barbara AtwellVirginia MacLauryPaul and Patricia MaennerJohn and Mary Lee MalcolmLory ManningRussell MatthiasEmmy McArverEddie and Lynne McCormickJ. Douglas and

Martie McDowallJohn and Paula MillianNancy and Herbert MilsteinMitchell-Richards

Family FundDavid MontgomeryJudie and Fred MopsikCatherine O'ReilleyMr. and Mrs. Ernest T. OskinGregg OttingerCraig PalmerSonja M. PalomakiMr. and Mrs. P. David PappertCharles and Janet ParkerMargaret J. Pollack and

Paula Reed LynchAne PowersLutz Prager and Pat LarkWhayne and Ursula Quin

Jane Ellen Ramsey and Joseph Inbar

J. Paul and Diane ReasonJoe and Ginny RedishNancy ReganDeborah RemmersAlan and Terry RettigAnn RichardsMassimo and Marilou RighiniMarvin and Joan RosenbergBarry and Joan RosenthalMr. and Mrs. Arthur RothkopfErnest Schichler and

John MurrayDick and Rosemary

SchwartzbardKathleen and Kerry SkeenLeslie ShapiroDr. Sidney ShankmanMike and Patti SippleCarl Wayne Smith and

Michael BurkeAnnelise and Robert H. SmithSharon SteeleDr. Earl P. Steinberg and

Claire E. ReadePatricia Stonesifer and

Michael KinsleyMr. and Mrs. Robert SurovellTamara TatunchakBarbara ToohillJoanne Tornow and

Neil LehrerJudge and Mrs.

James T. TurnerJoan and Mark WeissDrs. Stephan and Ann WernerCarolyn L. WheelerMr. Gerry Widdicombe

LEADAnonymous (4)Diana Aviv and

Sterling SpeirnElinor R. BaconCheryl BairdMichael BakerAnn and Mal BaraschPaul and Jeanette BarkleyDr. and Mrs. John BarnesMichael Barrett and

Danielle BeauchampDavid and Janet BatlanR BeckDava BerkmanGeoffrey BerlinDennis and Shirley

BloomquistKaren J. BoppDr. and Mrs. Gerald BorsukJanet B. BrayPhilip and Constance BrileyHarold R. BucholtzPhilomena BurkeJoseph N CannonLouis and Karen CarsonBarbara CarterMr. and Mrs. James CartyHenry Chamberlain and

Lisa BurnsGail Chambers and

Scott BakerWallace ChandlerClaudette ChristianFrancis and Terry CoatesBarbara and Paul CoutureSusan M. CrawfordPhil and Joan CurrieDeanna K. DawsonDavid DunnVirginia B. Edwards and

Richard Colvin Tina EskridgeCarol FaulbGeraldine Feaster and

Calvin Bethea*Beth FeldmanNancy and Cary FeldmanJack L. FinglassJim and Lorrie FultonKatherine Ann GardnerLouise GaryLinda GehrRichard Gervase and

Stuart DeleryVirginia Giroux-Rollow

Elliott GlassLynne and Bill GlikbargJohn M. GoodmanSally GreshamKaren T. GrisezSue and Bruce GuentherGail GulliksenFrank Guzzetta and

Paul ManvilleJack E. Hairston, Jr.Robert and Carol HallMaurice HamiltonChris HarrisJoan B. HarveyMarianne HarwitBert Helfinstein and

Margaret RodenbergRichard and Pamela HindsJanice HolidayClarence G. HoopJohn and Debra HowardDrew HuffmanDr. and Mrs. David HummGeraldine IngeAnn IngramRobin JenkinsTed and Debbie KalriessDr. and Mrs. Arnold KaplinJane C. KarpickPaul and Masako KaufmanJackie Williams KayeJohn Keator and

Virginia SullivanDr. Sandra D. KeyMr. Albert KramerJohn KramerThomas KuchenbergSteven Leinwand and

Ann LawrenceMary Ann Levant*Roberta Levant*John and Jane LewisDr. and Mrs. Randall J. LewisAlbert L. and

Doris M. LindquistHon. John E. MansfieldPhyllis and Philip MargoliusKen Marks and Edith AriasLinda MarksLouis MayoMarlene MayoFred and Jeanne McCarrollBernice K. McIntyreMichael McLeodPatricia McMahonDavid and Sarah McMeansCharles and Marilyn McMillionStephen Meyer and

Erica SummersLisa MillerMaryAnn MillerMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. MooreTerence Murphy and

Patricia Sherman MurphyBryan MyersDonald and Lynne MyersCarole and John NannesJeffrey Neal and

Kevin LoefflerBrad NeilleySherry and Lou NevinsNancy NewmanAnn Norwood In Memoriam of

Jan MoncierJeri and Bill OakersonJoe Oppenheimer and

Edith FraserDoris Parker and

Michael SpatzRuth ParrJane PassmanBeth and Terry PattilloAntoinette PavoneDavid PawlikAlan and Andrea PendletonRandolph Perry and

Nancy LeeMr. Gary PetersonRandy and Kathy PhersonWilliam PhillipsMargaret Plank and

Dave SoudersThomas and Jane ReckfordDavid and Susan ReichartMargaret Rice and Bill SetteSheila Riley and Ned KraftClyde RobbinsDr. Tommie L. Robinson, Jr.

Michael P. Rogan and Susan Schaffer

June and Marvin RogulGareth RosenauSteven M. Rosenberg and

Stewart C. Low IIIRodney RossDr. Ted and

Judge Barbara RothsteinNuhad D RuggieroArt and Nancy SaltfordJean SammonMs. Gail SattlerLinda B. SchakelMr. and Mrs. Leonard and

Celia SchuchmanJoan H. SearbyDiane Seeger and

Tom ChristeinRichard and

Jacqueline SellersHarold Settler and Jean AllenJames and Lisa ShannonM. Pat and Bob ShapiroKim L. SheridanDr. and Mrs. Gene SimaitisIda Fernanders SmithLynette R.F. SmithMargo Smith and

Gerry LevineLois StansburyEmil and Judy SunleyTAA Services, LtdDrs. Steven and Sheila TaubeElizabeth and Jerry TelesDennis and Rosalind ThomasDarrell TotmanRoberta K. Van HaeftenDr. Carolyn Peoples VeigaShani WaughJonathan WeissJohn and Val WheelerJack and Sue WhitelawDr. and Mrs. Robert WhittenSusan WienerJon and Sandra WillenRobert and

Gwendolyn WilliamsJohn WingardC. Lawrence WiserDouglas and Annette WolfKen and Dorothy WoodcockJeffrey and Johanna Zinn

SUPPORTING ROLEAnonymous (22)D. M. AbruzzoGen. Clara L. Adams-Ender Judith AgardRichard and Joanne AkeroydAnthony AldwellAmb. and Mrs.

Frank AlmaguerJames AmaralMarilena Amoni and

Don RyanBritt AndersonJohn and

Sarah Allen AndersonJean W. ArnoldKatia AscherRaymond D. AudetMartin Malsch and

Jane AxelradPeter and Marjory BanksonDayle Bartholow and

Jeff PickardLoretta C. BeaumontCarolyn and John BeckMartin BellSusan and Don BennettJohn and Sylvia BenoitMary Ellen BergeronRobert C. and

Elissa B. BerniusMathilde and

Martin BienstockThomas J. BillyAnn Blackman and

Michael PutzelJon Blake and

Elizabeth ShriverEdward and Elena BloomsteinSandy and Stanley BobbRichard and Eleanor BochnerVincent and Veronica BolesMickey and Sally BolmerRandall A. Bowman

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THANK YOU — ANNUAL FUNDAnne BoydenMr. William BrackettSteven BradyTerri Brady and Steve VernaMr. and Mrs.

A. Stanley Brager, Jr.Randi and David BravermanAnn BreenKaren BroadnaxPerry BrownMr. Terrence J. Brown and

Ms. Linda D. Whitlock-BrownMs. Alison E. BrowneMr. and Mrs. Ronald K.

BrowningMarian BrunoSusan and Mike BurkPatricia BurkeAvery BurnsMatt Butcher and Liz PennisiDonna Butts and

William LibroSandra and Paul ByrneJames CafritzJohn CahillLeslie Calman and

Jane GruenebaumGeorge and Marilyn CandlerCarol CaparosaLarry and Caroline CarbaughWilliam and Kathleen CareyMildred CarrethersConnie Carter and

Gordon DaleMs. Patricia CarterCarla CartwrightMichael Carty and

Linda BrothersRuth CarverMalcolm R. ChairesBrian and Allayne ChappelleMark and Linda ChastangJoy and Jerry ChoppinTracey ChunnMr. and Mrs.

John H. ChurchmanMr. and Mrs. John H. ClarkKenneth T. ClineEdward Cohen and

Charlene BarshefskyMr. and Mrs.

W. Joseph Coleman Jr.Kenneth ColemanMary Beth CollinsDrs. Houston and

Mary ConleyCarl and Nancy CooperAndrea and Tim CorcoranGina CourtneyJohn and Isabella CummingsTerrence CurrierGeorge A. DalleyLinda DanielJohn Davies and Marty MoonDonald and Susan DavisStephen A. DeanLisa and Tony DelityTed Deming and Roz RidgwaySteven DesjardinsCheryl DichterAlthea DixonKimberly DixonWalter B. Doggett III and

Joanne DoggettEdward Donahue, IIIJames DonaldsonMolly Donovan and

Barry WepmanDon Douglas and

Carolyne WeilDouglas DowlingMr. John DowneyClark and Emilie DownsBecky and Charlie DukesJoan DuncanMichael and Mary DurrSandra DusingAlma EdgerlyBarry and Joyce EisensteinAnn ElliottJames EllzyBrian and Sonja ElmerMarjorie and Anthony ElsonEvelyn and Barry EpsteinRalph and Gwendolyn EverettJuliet EwingPeggy EwoniukDr. Coralie Farlee

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Feldmayer

Yvonne FeltonMr. and Mrs. Greig FieldsJoan FinaEric Fingerhut and

Karen BaileyDr. J.D. FletcherNicolle FleuryJames and Carla FlugMr. and Mrs. Michael FlyerDonale and Cathy FogelJ Cathy FogelHeather FoleyLynne Folts and Elliot GershHarry FoxwellKaren L. FrenchAllan FriedmanPamela FriedmanElse H. FrobergBob FugateJean C. FultonSally GadsdenHoward and Barbara GalperPaul GambleMr. and Mrs. James GentleLaura GiffordEileen M GleimerJane Glickman and

Charles SacksMaggie Godbold and

Steve BershaderDr. and Mrs. Michael GoldPaula S. GoldmanMs. Alisa GoldsteinMr. Joel C. GoldsteinDaniel T. GogginJudy and Joel GoldbergPaula S. GoldmanMr. Joel C. GoldsteinJannie GoldstonDr. Donna M. GollnickBarbara and Tom GottschalkThomas GottschlakA. Steven and

Janet Hall GraffCharles and Karen GraybealMadi Green, in memory of

Duff Green IIIMaxine GreenMarilyn GreeneMr. and Mrs.

Abraham GreensteinJennifer GreerC. O. GregoryChristian GriffinRobert GronenbergAlan and Jackie GropmanSusan Gutchess and

Helen IngallsDon and Sue HallerMr. Jay HammerBetsy Ann HarrisToba and Tony HausnerA. H. HatryJerry HawkeCynthia HeckmannCarolyn Henrich and

Joel PackerPaul Herman and

Karen GoldmanRuth HermanDonald E. Hesse and

Jerrilyn AndrewsRichard and Mary-Ellen HibeyTimothy HigginsDonald and Diana HirschWilliam and Marie HoffmanSallie L. HolderBarbara and Donald HoskinsKatheryn A. HovdeJohn Hughes and

Estelle DeMaioMichael HughesSidney and Carol HurlburtGlen and Leanna HuttonMike and Carol IrelandPatricia Jackman and

Stephen L JohnKay JacksAndrea JacksonBarbara and John R. JacksonMrs. Harolyn B. JacksonSmyrna N. JacksonLorna S. JaffePaul JaikaranNina JanopaulEdward and Victoria Jaycox

Karin JohnsonJason JohnstonKenneth JohnstonKimberly and Tad JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Wayne and

Susan JonasEdward Jones and

Peggy MarshallEdward P. JonesElizabeth Blair JonesWilliam A. and Virgie H. JonesJoyce E. JordanSusan KaidenJody Katz and Jeffrey GibbsJoan KelschAndrea and Joseph KerrJudd KesslerCarol KingJanet KingMrs. William KingsburyPris and Bill KirbySteve and Karen KlempJohn KnappLindy KnappRosalind Ann KnappKenneth KramerRichard and Teresa KramerEugene and Adeline KrizekMK Lanzillotta and

Lee BeckerMr. Robert LarkeSteven D LaughtonPeggy Laves and

Doug TrainumEileen LawrenceLeslie LawsonElaine LeavenworthRobin LeeBrock LendingMichael and Paula LevyMarion Ein LewinMarjorie and John LewisMartin G. Lichtenstein and

Sharon RosendhalMarianne LiebermannCarol Ann and Kenneth LinderAce and Linda LipsonEdward T. Lis, JrAmy Liu and Craig WitmerMargo London and

Townsend BelserShirley LooLucinda Low and

Daniel MagrawKenneth LowenbergMary and Hal LuciusSpencer LuckerRonald and Marilyn LundquistBonnie LutzRobert and Caroline LykeSandra L. MabryMargot Machol and

Mark BisnowDale MacIverRobert and Valerie MallettGerald and

Madeline MalovanyBarbara ManderMr. and Mrs. Daniel MargolisDoris Anne MartinMichelle MasonStanley MatchettHans and Marianne MayrLou MazaweySusan Hall McCannellElizabeth Ann McGrathMs. Jane McGrewMr. and Mrs. William McKaigJohn and Marie McKeonHenry McPherson and

Barbara HuffordMartha McQuadeCheryl McQueenSally and Bill MeadowsTom and Terry MeloBernard MeyersLisa MezzettiDavid MillerMr. and Mrs. Edward MillerDr. Florence K. MillerBarbara MintzJohn E. MitchellPatricia MitchellRobin MontgomeryMelanie and Rene MorenoJames MorrisKent and Dale MorrisonHelaine G. Morss

Marilyn L. MuenchJim and Ellen MyerbergCathy Nace and David LevyHedy Nash and

John WetterauRalph and Gwen NashValerie NealElizabeth NeblettJacqueline P. NelsonWilliam and Louisa NewlinShelia NewmanJohn and Carol NobleMatthew and Lillian NolanJeremy Novak and

Elaine MattaireNorman and Susan OblonNancy O’BrienR. Frances O’BrienMichael and Kathleen OpincarColonel Tommy T. OsborneElsie PageGary and Maxine PaglianoZannis and Jackie PappasAndrew and Ruth ParrWilson H. ParranJames T. Parson, Jr.Ms. Barbara PatockaKeith and Rhonda PattersonRenate G PawlikNorval PeabodyKevin and Sherry PearsonNthakoana Peko and

Don SpicerAnne E. PeretNancy PergolizziJeanne and Burnie PetersMary Irene PettKaren and Hugh PettigrewMr. Daniel T Piekarski and

Ms. Ivin WayGeraldine Fogel PilzerDr. Gwendolyn W. PlaBarbara and Larry PoeLance and Sheila PohlBeth PolakoffDiane and Arnold PolingerLiz Purdy PorterAnna PowellMarjorie PowellJim and Sue PriceWendell and Kathy PrimusVincent and Nancy RadostaEdward RamosJanice RasgusSandra Reed-BryantAnna Marie ReederPeter S. ReichertzCatherine RemijanMaria Farese RendineConnie and Richard RichardsLynn and David RickardDavid RickardJo Ricks and Jeffrey ClarkNancy RicksConstance RobeyMarietta RobinsonDr. Sheila Rogovin and

Dr. Stewart AledortCharles RoheRobin Anne RojasBob Rose and Lauren SwartzNorma RosemanRosalind RosenbergAlfred RossDr. Bernard and

Louise RostkerCarol and Richard RothRobert and JoAnn RoyerMaryann RozzellNancy and George RubensonJane and Bruce RyanAl RussellMehdi and Lori SabetBarbara SableMr. and Mrs. John SacchettiMs. Carol SacharKenneth and Chris SaleAlan and Florence SalisburyBeverly SappLee SaundersAlexis ScheffterCarol Seary SchneiderPauline A. SchneiderJane ScholzEugene and Alice SchreiberDr. Frederick and

Peri SchuylerRichard and Rochelle Schwab

Elaine SchwartzJ. Kenneth Schwartz,

James F. and Ola S. ScottKarren E. ScottSandra and David SellersPhillip and Ruth ShapiroThe Hon Mattie R. SharplessMartha ShermanLaura ShiffrinBobbi and Larry ShulmanHugh and Ruth SickelDr. and Mrs. Rubin SiegelLes Silverman and

Patty AbramsonPatricia SilvermanSally SimmsKen Simonson and Jan

SolomonDr. and Mrs.

Thomas G. SindersonVirginia SlossMargaret SmithPamela Brown SmithJerry and Shannon SollingerCecile SrodesDonna StatonShellie SteinbergHilary StephensonSheila StinsonDonald R. and

Dorothy T. StoneBarbara Strong and

Michael KielbiewiczAnne Summers and

Alan WeissDavid Svatos and

Christopher McMackinDeborah K. TatumChris TaylorAl ThomsonPatricia ThorneBarbara TobiasJuergen ToorenLyanne TrumbullSheila TruxonJose Alberto UclesKaty VicklandSusan and Jeff VincentJames VollmanMs. Maria WagnerMichael Waldman and

Linda CoeLee Allen and

Howard WalgrenCynthia WallaceRoger and Diane WarinKrystyna WassermanDr. and Mrs. Harlan WatsonCameron and

Susan WeiffenbachHelene Weisz and

Richard LiebermanStevenson WeitzJoseph and Rosemary WellerGreg and Mary WhitemanDan and Debbie WilliamsBernetta and Kevin WillamsLawrence WilliamsJ. David WillsonMr. and Mrs. Kevin WilshereRobert WilsonConrad WoodyPeter WorkAlbertha W. WorkmanJohn and Beth WrightElaine WunderlichMara YachninJack and Susan YanovskiBeverly and Daniel YettJames YenckelSharon ZackulaMr. James J. Zogby

* Deceased

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THANK YOU — INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

OUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS (as of January 23, 2019)

OVATION CIRCLE

National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/ U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationShare Fund

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE

Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

Anonymous

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLEAPCO WorldwideArent Fox, LLPThe Bernstein CompaniesThe Boeing CompanyBoies, Schiller & Flexner, LLPThe Boston Consulting GroupCentral Parking SystemDallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing ArtsDeloitteDiscovery Inc.

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE (continued)The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.The Edelmann Love Group RealtorsK&L Gates, LLPKiddar CapitalKivvitThe Meredith FoundationNorthrop Grumman CorporationPlenary GroupPricewaterhouseCoopersAlice Shaver FoundationHattie M. Strong FoundationTheatre ForwardVenable Foundation

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE701 Restaurant & the Knightsbridge Restaurant GroupAccentureAmtrakThe Bay & Paul FoundationsCareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldClark-Winchcole FoundationComcast NBCUniversalDimick FoundationEdington, Peel & AssociatesEdison Electric InstituteFriends of Southwest DCGraham Holdings CompanyHoffman Madison WaterfrontJBG SmithLeftwich, LLCMacy’sMars FoundationRockwell CollinsSaul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLPWashington Nationals Dream FoundationWeber Shandwick Company

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEAronson, LLCBormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A.Enterprise Holdings FoundationFoley & Lardner, LLPThe Kiplinger FoundationWawa FoundationWeissberg Foundation

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLECabot CreameryFisher Dachs Associates, Inc

We endeavor to provide a complete listing of all donors in the above categories. However, if your name is not listed, please contact the Development Department at 202-600-4177. We are also grateful to the thousands of other contributors to Arena Stage, whose names space will not permit us to print.

Legend:Ovation Circle $100,000 and above;Founder’s Circle $50,000 – 99,999;Benefactor’s Circle $25,000 – 49,999;Leadership Circle $15,000 – 24,999;President’s Circle $10,000 – 14,999;Producer’s Circle $5,000 – 9,999;Director’s Circle $2,500 – 4,999;Playwright’s Circle $1,500 – 2,499;Star $1,000 – 1,499;Lead $600 – 999;Supporting Role $300 – 599.

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THEATER STAFFArtistic Director .....................................................Molly SmithExecutive Producer ...........................................Edgar DobieFounding Director .............Zelda Fichandler (1924-2016)Founding Executive Director ..... Thomas C. Fichandler ..........................................................................................(1915-1997)

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTDeputy Artistic Director ................................ Seema SuekoCasting Director / Line Producer............. Victor VazquezLiterary Manager ..........................................Naysan MojganiSenior Literary Fellow .............................. Anna'le Hornak*Directing Fellow..............................................Dalia Ashurina*Casting Fellow .....................................................Malek Mayo*Dramaturg .........................................................Jocelyn ClarkeArtistic Development Administrative Assistant ...................................Asha MosesCurrent Commissioned Writers ..................Kia Corthron,

Nathan Alan Davis, Idris Goodwin, David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph,

Kenneth Lin, Craig Lucas, Eduardo Machado, Octavio Solis, Aaron Posner,

Theresa Rebeck, John StrandPlaywrights' Arena 2019................................Audrey Cefaly,

Annalisa Dias, Paige Goodwin, Psalmayene 24, Alan Sharpe

ADMINISTRATIONChief Financial Officer ...................................Joe BerardelliLeadership Office Manager .............................. Alison IrvinGeneral Counsel ...............Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &

Jacobson; Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orsek, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP

BUSINESS OFFICEController .............................................................John MonnettAccounting and Payroll Manager ...........Joan A.S. LadaAccounting Associates .....................................Larry Bright,

Christopher MurkAuditors ................................... Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A.Counsel ...............................................................Arent Fox, LLP

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTDirector of Community Engagement/Senior Artistic Advisor ...................... Anita Maynard-LoshDirector of Education ..................................Ashley FormanSchool Programs Manager ..............Rebecca CampanaMaster Teaching Artist ............................... Psalmayene 24Training Programs Manager ..........Sean-Maurice LynchCommunity Programs Manager .................Mauricio PitaCommunity Engagement Assistant ..............................................Alan Gonzalez BisnesCommunity Engagement Fellows ............ Lauren Miller*,

Morgan Chare'ce Hall*

DEVELOPMENTChief Development Officer ................Jon Kevin GossettDirector of Annual Fund ...............................Holly K. OliverSenior Director of Individual Giving ............................................Kristen MitchellDirector, Ovation Campaign .......................... Ryan MerkelDirector, Development Operations and Events ..............................................................Maria CorsoDirector of Board and Donor Relations ..........................................Anne Paine WestDirector, Corporate Fund .................Char Manlove-LawsFoundation Relations Manager ......................................................................Erin JonesCampaign Manager ...................................Melanie HerediaMembership Manager ........................................ Sam AbneyDonor Relations Manager ....................................Tiana BiasMembership Coordinator ...............................Mary PatanoDevelopment Research Coordinator ....................................................Jennie WeymanDevelopment Assistant ....................................Abigail CadyDonor Services Assistant ............................ Casey RadnerDevelopment Fellow ......................................Niya Weedon*

HUMAN RESOURCESDirector of Human Resources ........Jackie Rucker BohiHuman Resources & Finance Assistant ............................................ Kathryn Perry

MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIONManaging Director .........................................Khady Kamara

AUDIENCE SERVICESSenior Director of Sales and Audience Services ............. Lindsey Wareing PisaniGroup Sales Manager ........................................ Isaac EvansGroup Sales Associates .............. Bria Hall, Jay WilliamsAssistant Director of Audience Services ...........................................Sabrina ClarkManagers of Sales Services ....................Ellison Roberts,

Rachel VestAssistant Manager of Sales Services ............................................... James SwindellSales Associates ....................................Alexandra Cadena,

Sean Carpenter, Trevor Comeau, Nicole Cusick, Colin O’Bryan,

Jaleelah ThompsonHouse Managers .........................................Jasmine Brooks,

Becca Spencer, Renata WilsonVisitor Services Manager ............................. Jody Barasch

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THEATER STAFFEVENTSEvents and Rentals Senior Managers ............... Emma Latimer, Kaitlyn SakryEvents and Rentals Associate Manager .................. Chrystal Noelle VaughanSpecial Events Fellow .................................Brandi Lavigne*

INFORMATION SYSTEMSDirector of Information Systems ........Travis ArmbusterSystems Administrator ......................................Jarett PooleDatabase Manager ........................................Rachel SchlaffHelp Desk Associate .................................Edward Wieland

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSSenior Director of Marketing and Communications ...........................Renée M. LittletonDigital Communications Manager .....Brieahn J. DeMeoPublicist ...........................................................Lauren McMillenMedia Relations Consultant .......................... Deb FiscellaMedia Relations Associate .........................Skye LindbergMedia Relations Fellow ................ Samantha Schneider*Senior Graphic Designer.................................Shawn HelmMultimedia Designer .................................James SweeneyWebsite and New Media Manager ..................Ben NolanPublications Coordinator .........................Kate ThompsonMarketing Fellow ......................................Caroline Dowden*Artwork Creation ......................................... Nicky LindemanIllustrators ......................................Jon Berkley, Mads Berg,

Charles Chaisson, Raul Colon, Richard Davies, Erik Drooker, Jon Foster,

Bruce Hutchinson, Tim O'Brien

OPERATIONS AND FACILITIESSenior Director of Operations ...............Marissa LaRoseOperations Manager .............................................Alicia SellsOperations Coordinator ..............................Jenna MurphyCompany Manager .............................................Amber GrayAssistant Company Manager ...................Maddie NewellCompany Management Fellow ............Cameron Appel*Engineering Supervisor ....................................Keith BrownMaintenance Technicians .......................... Vincent Gregg,

Henry Williams, Keaun Windear Porter ..................................................................Lawrence WiseStage Door Attendants .............................Ra’Chelle Carey,

Kay Rogers

PRODUCTIONDirector of Production ................................. Joel M. KrauseProduction Manager ...............................Karen O. MayhewAssistant Production Manager ................. Trevor A. Riley

SCENICTechnical Director .................................................Natalie BellAssociate Technical Director ........Zachary FullenkampSenior Carpenter .................................................Norman LeeCharge Scenic Artist ..................................................Li QiangCarpenters .......................................................Mick Coughlan,

Craig Hower, Sean Malarkey, Hannah Martin, Logan McDowell,

Frank Miller, Amanda Srok

PROPERTIESProperties Director .....................................Jennifer SheetzAssociate Properties Director ..........Lance PenningtonMaster Prop Carpenter ..................................Michael RitoliProps Artisan ............................................................Niell DuValProperty Assistants .................... Marion Hampton Dubé, ..................................................................................Kyle HandziakLIGHTSMaster Electrician...........................Christopher V. LewtonAssistant Master Electrician .......................Paul VillalovozElectricians .................................Scott Folsom, Brian Flory,

Kelsey SwansonLighting Fellow ....................................... Venus Gulbranson*

SOUNDSound and Video Supervisor ....................Brian BurchettMaster Sound and Video Technician .............................Timothy M. ThompsonSound Technicians .................................Adam W. Johnson,

Drew Moberley

COSTUMESCostume Director ............................. Joseph P. SalasovichAssistant to the Costume Director ..............Cierra CoanDrapers ...............................Carol Ramsdell, Steven SimonFirst Hands ............Michele Macadaeg, Mallory MuffleyMaster Stitcher ....................................................Noel BordenCraftsperson .....................................................Deborah NashWardrobe Supervisors .......Alina Gerall, Alice HawfieldWigs, Hair and Makeup Supervisor ....LaShawn MeltonCostume and Wardrobe Assistant .......Adelle GresockCostume Fellow ...........................................Caton Hamrick*

STAGE MANAGEMENTStage Managers ..........................Rachael Danielle Albert,

Marne Anderson, Mimi Craig, Kurt Hall, Martha Knight, Joseph Smelser,

Christi B. Spann, Susan R. White

* Allen Lee Hughes Fellow

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